Risk Assessment:

Hazard/Activity
How at Risk
Persons at Risk
Control Measures
Risk Rating
Yard – Play equipment, space, weather
Falls, cuts
Students
- Yard to be inspected by university students prior to commencement of activities.
- Play equipment to be inspected annually by a competent person.
- Check for glass, icy surfaces and any other potential hazards.
- Adequate supervision to be available during all the sessions, in this instance play times and physical education activities.
- Adequate first aid provision.
Low
Cooking
Burns, allergies
Students and Staff
- Communicate with teachers and students about whether any students have any allergies.
- Ensure all students are aware of the rules before cooking.
- Students to wear aprons and tie hair back.
- Adequate first aid provision.
- Follow hygienic practices including washing of hands and utensils.
Med
Planting Trees
Falls, cuts, back injuries
Students and staff
- Provide all students with protective equipment including gloves.
- Stretch appropriate muscle groups prior to planting and demonstrate suitable techniques for planting trees and carrying heavy objects ie bending at the legs rather than the back.
Low/ Med
Other

Students and staff
- Ensure student teachers and teachers at Colbinabbin Primary School have a strong communication network about any medical or other risks that may occur from any of the activities that we will be conducting on the day.